PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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JULY 31, 2019

Together, the firms are developing a platform to enable faster, more secure cross-border corporate payments that would allow companies to more seamlessly move funds to beneficiaries and banks to directly share payment data with each other without the need for intermediaries.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Many banks that survived the rapid interest rate hikes still struggled with net interest margin (NIM) compression caused by fixed-rate loans and securities. It was not just Silicon Valley Bank, First Republic Bank and some other spectacular failures that were caught unprepared for the severity of interest rate movements.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Our customers increasingly rely on us to provide solutions that help make their systems safer and more secure,” said Johan Gerber, executive vice president, security and cyber innovation, Mastercard. Threat Scan is part of our multi-layered security strategy to secure the payments ecosystem,” said Johan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

“By expanding this relationship, we broaden our reach into the Asia-Pacific region, while providing customers the rapid payment delivery they expect.”. The firm has also worked with the National Bank of Fujairah PJSC (NBF) in order to enable them. This isn't Ripple's first foray into cross-border payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. Meanwhile, he said, consumers are getting over their initial fears around contactless payments usage and security. Chargehound.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Some national and regional markets are more willing to accept AR than others. Those numbers look pretty different by region. Businesses worldwide cited insufficient ROI, security concerns, lack of budget and lack of knowledge as the top barriers to adopting AR. The global security concern figure is 87 percent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Since partnering two years ago, Visa and NovoPayment have advanced digital payments across the region. In addition, Visa Token Services was introduced to the region for payouts, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments and B2B money movement. It’s a testament of our proven enablement model and commitment to collaboration.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The latest news from the Open Banking ether stems from around the world, including the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions, as markets like Israel and South Korea take their first steps to develop and deploy Open Banking regulatory frameworks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Making cross-border payments in the EU therefore requires interconnectivity between the regions’ various real-time payments rails. This marked the first real-time payments regulatory framework in the region that addressed all EU countries. The ECB sees TIPS as more than just another real-time payments solution, however.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

The Wall Street Journal reported the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission intervened to take over four insurers, three securities companies and two trust firms that managed a total of 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) in assets. In a statement, the commission said it would take control of Huaxia Life Insurance Co.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

The top court of the 28-nation bloc ruled the transfer of personal data to platforms in the U.S. Companies will have to choose between whether to move personal data to servers in Europe or stop doing business in the region. servers, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

However, Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, executive director of the UAE’s National Electronic Security Authority, told CNBC that the country has been working with big tech platforms, especially Facebook-owned WhatsApp, on national security initiatives. Of course, technology also brings with it security concerns.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 17, 2023

Shares in Credit Suisse, Switzerland’s second largest bank, fell 8% on Friday despite securing a £45bn emergency loan from the Swiss National Bank just days earlier to shore up its liquidity after a week of panic. Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

technology by “any means necessary” and that there are about 1,000 related investigations currently ongoing in the country, through its 56 regional offices, according to a report by Reuters. . High-profile targets like the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and the Department of Energy’s National Laboratory were mentioned in the indictment.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Kaspersky revealed that the malware, known as FinSpy or FinFisher, is a product usually sold to nation states and law enforcement agencies for surveillance. It appears that the hackers are targeting Middle Eastern politicians and United Nations officials in the region, opposition bloggers and activists, and regional news correspondents.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Digital banking firm Emirates National Bank Dubai (Emirates NBD) has rolled out its new businessONLINE platform, a new omnichannel platform for small businesses, a report from NSBanking.com says. The report says businessONLINE will work to "provide an all encompassing set of trade finance, cash and liquidity management solutions.".

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic has refocused scrutiny on the open banking ecosystem’s privacy and security.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

Nonetheless, with the recent collapse of sizeable regional banks, regulators, investors, analysts, accountants, and bankers are now scrutinizing the fair value of banks’ securities and loan portfolios. Fair Value of Loans The fair value of securities has made recent headlines with a focus on regulators, legislators, and bankers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Treasury’s difficulties getting relief money to individuals, has renewed calls for the government to accelerate its FedNow national real-time payments network, still not expected to be operational until at least 2023. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) disbursement fiasco, coupled with the U.S. The Fed’s Failure.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A former cryptocurrency exchange and its founder are facing charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency announced in a press release on Wednesday (Feb. Montroll operated an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded its users by misappropriating their bitcoins.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

In perhaps the most sweeping example, the member states of the United Nations have embraced, as part of “sustainable development goals,” a target to “provide legal identity for all, including birth registration,” by 2030. The initiative will be on hold until the government enacts new laws that would safeguard data security.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

That does not mean older verification methods are obsolete, however: Many companies still rely on knowledge-based authentication (KBA) methods like passwords or security questions, even in areas like business lending — where stringent verification is crucial. Government-issued digital identities are not just the realm of sovereign nations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic fallout and the need to get stimulus funds to individuals, corporations and even local governments with speed and security, digital delivery of those dollars is likely to gain increasing traction. As reported in this space last month, the efforts are still nascent.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Unfortunately, also adding heat this week was the world of fraudsters and hackers – with a few pretty sizable security blips and glitches. Regional banking force KeyCorp disclosed a massive fraud that could potentially cost as much as $90 million – according to reporting out of CNBC last week. Starting with.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Using digital push payments can also help add security to B2B transactions, thanks to the cybersecurity measures that can be grafted into these processes. Many businesses are therefore on the hunt for instant payment systems that can help them send out disbursements or receive funds with the speed and security they need during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

In addition, Pakistan’s Telenor Microfinance Bank unveiled a cross-border remittance service based on Alipay’s blockchain technology, Indonesia’s KinerjaPay notched an investment of $200 million from a construction firm in the region and mobile payments are on the rise in China.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Chip cards have been heralded for their improved functionality and security, but they have still failed to address critical authentication problems, leaving retailers to bear the brunt of these vulnerabilities. Europe was the first region to adopt EMV technology, and sees a transaction rate of more than 99 percent. and Europe.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

“There’s no question that millennials have been laid off at a higher rate because of the pandemic,” Jessica Lautz, vice president of demographics and behavioral insights at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), told PYMNTS. The millennials who have a secure job or are furloughed have the advantage of paying down debt,” she said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

These marketplaces need to have strong security approaches in place, however, to ensure they do not accidentally onboard any fraudulent sellers or let other scams be perpetrated across their platforms. How Global Freelancing Marketplaces Can Maintai n Security And Regulatory Compliance. Around The eCommerce Payments W orld.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

He said that while small banks, credit unions (CUs) and regional players deeply fear being swept aside by the great digitalization wave that the pandemic has set off, their concerns aren’t actually unique to the financial industry’s smaller end. Instead, FIs must go digital in the ways consumers are seeking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

That’s because those threats are relatively localized, and don’t take into account the risk of hackers (especially those backed by organized militaries and nation-states) taking down key infrastructures. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and other federal and state agencies, about cyberattacks against infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Nets will provide the full-scale solution with a corporate credit and debit solution using digital services, enterprise card management and security tools, the release stated. Digital banking firm Emirates National Bank Dubai (Emirates NBD) has rolled out its new businessONLINE platform, an omnichannel platform for small businesses.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

According to the new Simplifying Cross-Border Payments Playbook , there are five key criteria that an ideal cross-border payment solution should meet: speed, security, compliance, transparency and ubiquity. Different regions have their own unique payment rails, and no two abide by the same regulatory framework. So, what’s the problem?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

In an effort to deepen its push into securities, banking and insurance, JD.com ’s finance arm is seeking to raise ¥12 billion — or $1.9 JD Finance reportedly plans to use some of the funds to invest in financial institutions within China — and to purchase licenses for securities and banking in addition to other areas.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

Even as some countries move away from physical currency in favor of more modern payment methods, demand in larger nations means the Asia-Pacific region is still clinging to cash. With China and India driving economic growth, countries in the Asia-Pacific region are estimated to spend some $8.1 trillion in cash payments in 2015.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 13, 2022

Dubai, UAE – April 13, 2022 – Finastra today announced that Banque Misr, the second largest national bank in Egypt with international presence, has selected Fusion Trade Innovation and Fusion Corporate Channels to digitalize its trade finance services and provide a premium user experience.

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